The Communist Party of India-Marxist said on Friday the truce between the Left parties and the Congress on the nuclear issue is not a victory or defeat for any side.

It also said the Left parties behaved responsibly during the crisis and that it did not precipitate it.

"This is not a victory or defeat of any side," said CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat when asked by reporters whether the Centre had got a reprieve following the truce with the Left parties.

He said a committee has been formed to go into the concerns raised by the Left parties and "let it do its work. Then we will see." The party would closely study the functioning of the committee, he added.

His party leaders in Parliament said in Delhi that the Left has behaved responsibly during the crisis.

"The Left parties have behaved very responsibly.  There was a crisis facing the nation and the Left did not precipitate it. We never said 'stop this or scrap that'. We only said take note of our apprehensions," party leader Mohd Salim told reporters.